Clement S Allen

Commons

On Sabbatical Fall 2025

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I have a passion for the science of computing.

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• Artificial Intelligence
• Natural Language Processing
• Computer Science Education

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• Full Professor, 2017 - Present
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
• Associate Professor, 2001-2017
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL
• Assistant Professor, 1995-2001
  Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL

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Publications

• Hongmei Chi, Clement S. Allen, Edward L. Jones, Integrating Computing to STEM Curriculum via CodeBoard ICCSA (4) 2016: 512-529.
• Hongmei Chi, Clement Allen, David Angulo Rubio, Design Insider Threat Hands-on Labs, Information Security Education Journal, Volume: 2 , Issue: 1 (June 2015), Page: 34-42.
• Dion Paul, Hongmei Chi, and Clement Allen. 2013. GPU-based simulation of wireless body area network. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Body Area Networks (BodyNets '13). 244-247.
• David S. Touretzky, Owen Paul Watson, Clement S. Allen, Ray Russell, Calliope: Mobile Manipulation From Commodity Components, Enabling Intelligence through Middleware 2010
• Williams, A., Touretzky, D., Thompson-Tira, E., Manning, L., Boonthum, C., Allen, C., Introducing an Experimental Cognitive Robotics Curriculum at Historically Black Colleges, Proceedings of SIGCSE, Portland, OR, March 2008.
• Jones, E., Allen, C., Owensby, J. Strategy for Inserting SSME into the Undergraduate Experience at a Minority Serving Institution, Service Science, Management and Engineering: Education for the 21st Century, Springer, February 2008.
• Allen, C., Black, J., Ayodele, M., and Jones, E., “The AyoBoard: An Environment for Storyboarding Ambient Environments”. In ISAST Transactions on Computers and Software Engineering, 2007.
• Jones, E., Allen, C., A Repository for CS Courses—An Evolutionary Tale. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 2003.
• Bowers, B., Allen, C., Davis, M., A Voice-Based Java Programming Environment, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, New Orleans, LA, August 2001.
• Stoecklin, S., Allen, C., Implementing Fowler’s Analysis Validator Pattern in Java, Java Developer’s Journal, September 2000, Volume 5, Issue 9.
• Weatherspoon, T., Bartholomew, K., Allen, C., A Study of User Responses in a Spoken Language System with Implicit Confirmation, Proceedings of the 38th Annual ACM Southeast Conference, Clemson, SC, April 2000.
• Bartholomew, K., Weatherspoon, T., Allen, C. A Study of User Responses in a Spoken Language System with Implicit Confirmation, Proceedings of SIGCSE 2000, Austin, TX, 2000, poster presentation

M.S Thesis Directed

• Colson, Z., AVA: Automated Vocabulary Assessment, Florida A&M University, April 2009.
• Bowie, C., NICE: Natural Interaction and Communication Environments, Florida A&M University, December 2008.
• Skarica, M., Using Machine Learning to Automatically Acquire User Activities in an Ambient Environment, Florida A&M University, August 2007.
• Ayodele, M., AyoBoard: Storyboarding Ambient Environments, Florida A&M University, August 2006.
• Barrington, B., ASAP: A Model for Automating the Design of Spoken Dialogue Systems, Florida A&M University, August 2003.
• Mance, C., Agent-Enhanced Messaging, Florida A&M University, August 2003.
• Rembert, A., Integrated Sequence Diagrams: A Hybrid Approach to Behavioral Specification, April 2002.
• Wu, P., Using Natural Spoken Language to Create UML Diagrams, Florida A&M University, August 2000.
• Bussey, K., Development of a Facial Image-Matching Interface, Florida A&M University, April 2000.
• Chen, Q., A Software Engineering Framework and Environment for Creating Speech-based Mobile Agents, Florida A&M University, August 1999

Funded Research

• PI, Minority Innovations Challenges Institute (MIC), NASA, $1 million, 2009- 2013
• PI, Development of an Ambient Computing Usability Laboratory, NSF, $249,000, 2006- 2008
• CO-PI, Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact (ARTSI), NSF, $2 million, 2008- 2012
• CO-PI, HOMMER, NSF, $2 million, 2000- 2010
• CO-PI, Center for Research Excellence in Science and Technology, NSF, $4 million, 1994– 2002
• PI, Curriculum Enhancements for Spoken Language, Dell, $25,000, 1999

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• COP3710 Database Management Systems
• COP3014C Fundamentals of Programming
• CIS4910 Information Systems Development Project
• COP4656 Introduction to Mobile Programming
• COP3330 Introduction to Object-Oriented Programming
• CAP5107 Pervasive Computing
• COP3530 Program, Data, and File Structures
• CAP4106 Ubiquitous and Handheld Computing
• CIS5970 Thesis